Brown v. American Axle Manufacturing, Inc.

Full title: LAURA BROWN, an individual, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN AXLE MANUFACTURING…

Court: United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, Southern Division

Date published: Oct 7, 2005

Case No. 05-CV-70988-DT (E.D. Mich. Oct. 7, 2005)

Opinion

Case No. 05-CV-70988-DT.

October 7, 2005

NACHT ASSOCIATES, P.C., HERBST, P.C., DAVID A. NACHT, ANGELA L. WALKER, Ann Arbor, MI, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

DRIGGERS, SCHULTZ WILLIAM C. SCHAEFER, ELIZABETH M. MALONE, Troy, MI, Attorneys for Defendant.

ORDER REGARDING CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS

PATRICK DUGGAN, Senior District Judge

At a session of said Court, held in the United States District Court Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division in Detroit, Michigan on: October 7, 2005. PRESENT: THE HON. PATRICK J. DUGGAN

Upon consideration of the parties' stipulation and the Court being fully advised in the premises;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED:

1. Medical records of Plaintiff, other than Plaintiff's plant medical file with American Axle Manufacturing, Inc., financial information, discovery responses regarding such information and deposition testimony regarding such information shall be treated as confidential.

2. Confidential records and information described above will be used only in the context of this lawsuit.

3. Confidential records and information described above will be returned to Plaintiff after the lawsuit ends.

4. Confidential records and information described above will not be disclosed by Defendant to third parties outside of this lawsuit, with the exception of expert witnesses, independent medical/psychiatric examiners, and other such consultants.

5. Confidential records and information described above will be subject to Local Rule 5.3 of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.